lead to

Frequency: 9.5150.0 per million words

The fundamental preposition for this meaning.

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Examples (10)

  • Sugar and fat can easily lead to obesity.
  • The carbon tax might well lead to a doubling of prices for fossil fuels.
  • Worrying about your weight is more likely to lead to low self-esteem.
  • Such actions would most likely lead to the decline of rural communities.
  • The use of soft drugs does not necessarily lead to a progression to hard drugs.
  • Business success does not automatically lead to financial success.
  • Discussion of a client's tax affairs will lead naturally to consideration of investment options.
  • These measures in turn led to an increased opportunity for independent music production.
  • Industrialization inevitably led to the expansion of the urban working class.
  • The investigation hopes to lead to a better understanding of the problem.